Open AccessMultifunctionality of agriculture, public policies and scientific evidences: Some critical issues of contemporary controversies
Author(s) -
Catherine Laurent,
Marielle Berriet-Solliec,
Marc Kirsch,
Pierre Labarthe,
AurélieT AurélieTrouvé
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
apstract, applied studies in agribusiness and commerce/apstract
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1789-7874
pISSN - 1789-221X
DOI - 10.19041/apstract/2010/1-2/7
Subject(s) - knowledge production , bridging (networking) , sociology of scientific knowledge , public policy , agriculture , political science , subject (documents) , production (economics) , public relations , sociology , knowledge management , social science , economics , computer science , computer network , library science , law , ecology , macroeconomics , biology
Various theoretical models of public policy analysis are used to treat situations of decision-making in which public deciders have to take into account the multifunctionality of agriculture. For some, science-society relations are not really problematical. Others acknowledge the current attempts of these policy-makers to find adequate scientific knowledge, and the difficulties they encounter. These difficulties stem partly from the very content of knowledge produced by research. Could other modes of production be more efficient? The status of the knowledge produced by these approaches is a subject of debate. Bridging the divide between science and policy more effectively is not only a question of knowledge brokerage.Accessibility and reliability of the existing evidences are also problems to be addressed. The debates around evidence-based practices may provide some landmarks in this new situation although they also emphasize the limits of the tools that can be built for this purpose.